Ax and tool handle guard



(No Model.)

G. l". MORRILL.

AX AND T001. HANDLE GUARD. No. 289,123.. .K 'Pazevyiused-y Nov. 27.1883.

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GEORGE P. MORRILL, OF CANTERBURY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Ax AND Tool. HANDLE GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of VLetters Patent No. 289,123, datedNovember 27, 1883. Application filed September 27,1883. (No model.)A

. Be it known that I, GEORGE l?. MonnrLL, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Ganterbury, in the county of Merrimac and State of NewHampshire, have invented a new and usefulmprovement in AX and ToolHandle Guards, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompany* ing drawings, in which- Figure 1 representsthe metallic plate forming the guard. Fig. 2 shows a portion of anatx-handle with the guard attached, and Figs.A 3 and 4 illustrate themethod of attaching the guard to the handle.`

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

. the ends A A, it may be left entire, as shown My present invention isespecially adapted to air-handles, for the purpose of preventing thehandle from splitting where it is cut across the grain, and also forprotecting the handle on the under side from blows in cutting andsplitting wood, and is a modiiication and improvement of the guardforming the subject of Letters Patent No. 279,582, granted to me June19, 1883.

The metallic guard is cut in the shape shown in Fig. l, with the endsparted at a and a', forming the two tongue-pieces A A and B B. At thebase of the tongues A A, I place the holes b Z, and in the ends of thetongue Apieces B B are the holes c c. plate is then wound around thetapering portion of the handle G immediately behind the ax. The ends A Aare brought be- Death the handle and secured thereto by the tacks ornails driven through the holes b b, one of which is shown by the brokenlines at d, Fig. Ll. The ends A A are then bent back over the heads ofthe nails d, as indicated by the curved dotted line e, Fig. 4, and shownin Figs. 2 and 3. The ends B B are then wound around the lower side ofthe handle, as indicated by the broken line f, Fig. 4, and securelyfastened to the handle by nails driven through the holes c c into thehandle. Instead of splitting the end at a., forming at C, Fig. 3, andtheopposite end may be left entire, instead of being divided at a into thetongue-pieces B B, and the guard so formed may be applied in the manneralready described, the end B B being folded baclr over theattaching-nails, and the end A A wound over the end B B, therebysecuring three thicknesses of inet-al over the under jected to blows inchopping,

The metallic side of the arr-handle, where it is most suband especiallyin splitting, thereby allowing a thin metallic sheet to be used as aguard, which may be easily bent around the handle. I split the ends,however, at a and a', in order to allow the plate to be wound With theedges E and VF drawn closely against the handle, the ends A and B at theedge E being drawn tightly and fastened, and afterward the ends B and Aat the edge F are tightly drawn and fastened, causing the plate to tclosely around the tapering form of the handle. The ends B B may be helddown by a bolt passing through the handle, if desired, instead of or inaddition to the nails in the holes c o.

I do not claim a metallic band wound about an ax or tool handle for aguard, as that has been long in use; but

`What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

l.` The combination, with an aX or tool handle, of a guard consisting ofa metallic band enveloping the handle, the end A A being bent back uponthe metallic plate upon the exposed side of the handle,

and the end.

B B wound over the doubled end A A, so as to form three thicknesses ofthe metallic plate over a portion of the surface of the handle, as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with an aX lor tool handle, of a guard consisting ofa metallic band enveloping the handle, and having one end bent back uponitself, and having the opposite end divided at a into the two parts B B,so as to permit each edge of the band to be drawn closely around thehandle, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with an an or tool handle, of a guard Vconsisting ofa metallic band enveloping the handle, the two ends of the band beingdivided at a and a into two parts, A A and B B, so each side of the bandmaybe fastened independently, enabling the edges to be drawn closelyagainst the handle, thev inner ends, A A, being bent baclr upon themetallic plate, and the ends B B being wound over the same and securedto the handle by nails or other suitable means, as and for the purposeset forth.

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